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Do you know your diastolic from your diuretic, or your systolic from your sphygmomanometer?
The Blood Pressure Association is running new training courses for nurses and pharmacists who know a little about high blood pressure, but who want to learn more. This one day course of lectures and workshops has been developed to meet your needs – you will hear from medical, nursing and pharmacy experts in hypertension, learn practical skills that you can apply in your workplace and develop your knowledge and practice. The course includes sessions on:
- An overview of the causes, diagnosis and management of high blood pressure
- Managing medicines
- Blood pressure measurement –clinic , ambulatory and home
- Lifestyle changes and lowering blood pressure without medicines
- Living with high blood pressure– the patients perspective
- Nurse/pharmacist led management of hypertension
- Managing complex hypertension
The course is aimed at health professionals who work in primary and secondary care who want to extend their knowledge and learn how to manage more complicated hypertension patient.
The first course runs on Friday February 27th 2009 in central Manchester.
If you are interested in attending either study day please complete the form below and submit it. Full details will be sent to you by email in the next few weeks.
Attendance at the study day costs £60+VAT
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